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Plastic on a strict diet

While 2020 started with deafening bangs, I started to back-up my memories of 2019 in my mind. A lovely hot […]

Should you throw away your polyester fleece?

In Dutch talk show Radar of 7 October, our director Maria Westerbos said to presenter Antoinette Hertsenberg: ‘Fleece? No way, […]

Mopping up with the plastic-soup tap left open….

Recycling. A word that makes me happy. Like the swoosh-swoosh-swoosh of the skipping rope as pretty young girls in their […]

The secret of anti-wrinkle cream

My grandmother celebrated her 100th birthday surrounded by a large crowd of children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Bewilderment seemed to […]

My plastic diary

Seven o’clock, and there’s an icy storm blowing outside. My warm fleece jumper is covered in cat’s hairs, so I […]

The dirty truth about cigarette filters

Blue smoke curls up from my terrace. After the last puff, a flesh-coloured filter is thrown carefully into the garden, […]

The plastic broth in my body…

Thanks to Dutch national hero Boyan Slat, we all know the truth these days: our oceans are full of plastic. […]

The ultimate plastic diet to reduce your plastic footprint

Amsterdam, 17 January 2019 – We all consume too much plastic. Literally. There is plastic in the food we eat, […]

FRANCOBLOGGO V: It’s a wrap!

Having had some space to reflect on our month of plastic free living, it’s time to assess how we, the […]

FRANCOBLOGGO IV: At festivals, leave no trace, baby!

Hey hey hey! Sam again here. Festival season is nearly over, and my lord we are having a lovely time. […]

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The Sustainable Development Goals seem to be out of reach because of the continued use of fossil fuels.

The world has lulled itself to sleep in terms of the SDGs framework. The well-known Sustainable Development Goals seem unattainable. This is primarily because ‘fossil’ has been given free rein.

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EXPERTS APPLAUD EU FOR UPCOMING LEGISLATION, BUT INSIST ALL MICROPLASTICS SHOULD BE INCLUDED

Experts have come together from across Europe to explore how the EU can ensure upcoming microplastics restriction can protect both the environment and humans.

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ING major financier of new plastic production in Belgium

ING Bank claims that it is concerned about the problem of the plastic soup, yet it is putting hundreds of millions into new plastic production in Antwerp. It is stepping all over its own sustainability policy.

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PUR: an invisible and hazardous litter

Pieces of PUR – insulation foam – in the environment remains a hidden and little known form of hazardous litter

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